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Caputh, 'st Ewan's Chapel'

Chapel (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Caputh, 'st Ewan's Chapel' as Chapel (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: General location. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Ewan's Chapel at Caputh is associated with St Ewan (or Ewen), a 7th-century Irish saint known for founding monastic sites in the Scottish Borders and Northumbria. The chapel and its holy well were traditionally linked to healing rituals, particularly for skin ailments and eye complaints, with pilgrimages and offerings recorded in local folklore.

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